There’s no boss breathing down your neck. No office hours. No looming panic that you’ll lose your job if you don’t fulfil your job description. THERE IS NO JOB DESCRIPTION. If you’re smart, you’ll have a friend, mentor or coach […]

(Ask me anything…) “Hello Amanda!!!!! Happy New year! I wanted to get your advice, because I’ve a huge presentation. How do you seem to natural in front of an audience and not let the nerves creep in? -Natasha …………………………………………………………………… Hello […]

Have you ever noticed how our personal realities are made up of tiny obsessions? Our minds are noisy places filled to the brim with repetitive thoughts. What are your repetitive thoughts? How many of your thoughts stem from wonder and […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about getting older. And what it means to grow old gracefully. I discovered a streak of grey hair and other than triggering vanity and panic, it occurred to me that in the blink of an […]

I never wanted to run a business. Even if I did, I didn’t think I was capable. As a beatnik hippie (seriously, I used to wear Jesus sandals made from rope) sales and marketing were as appetizing to me as […]

I was 10 years old. The first time it happened, anyhow. I went to the supermarket with my friend and her mum. “Wow, they’re so pretty” the shop owner said to my friend’s mum. Then he grabbed me, put me […]

I was a math kid through and through. Numbers were my thing. No one could solve an equation quicker than me. Words, though? Words were my weakness. And I don’t mean that in the romantic sense, I mean […]

This is my very first podcast. I felt compelled to do it because I wanted to share my honest experience with taking a sabbatical. There were some surprising highs and lows… the lows were deeply challenging and, after the […]